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NAME top

   git-check-attr - Display gitattributes information

SYNOPSIS top

   _git check-attr_ [--source <tree-ish>] [-a | --all | <attr>...] [--] <pathname>...
   _git check-attr_ --stdin [-z] [--source <tree-ish>] [-a | --all | <attr>...]

DESCRIPTION top

   For every pathname, this command will list if each attribute is
   _unspecified_, _set_, or _unset_ as a gitattribute on that pathname.

OPTIONS top

   -a, --all
       List all attributes that are associated with the specified
       paths. If this option is used, then _unspecified_ attributes
       will not be included in the output.

   --cached
       Consider **.gitattributes** in the index only, ignoring the
       working tree.

   --stdin
       Read pathnames from the standard input, one per line, instead
       of from the command line.

   -z
       The output format is modified to be machine-parsable. If
       **--stdin** is also given, input paths are separated with a NUL
       character instead of a linefeed character.

   --source=<tree-ish>
       Check attributes against the specified tree-ish. It is common
       to specify the source tree by naming a commit, branch, or tag
       associated with it.

   --
       Interpret all preceding arguments as attributes and all
       following arguments as path names.

   If none of **--stdin**, **--all**, or **--** is used, the first argument will
   be treated as an attribute and the rest of the arguments as
   pathnames.

OUTPUT top

   The output is of the form: <path> COLON SP <attribute> COLON SP
   <info> LF

   unless **-z** is in effect, in which case NUL is used as delimiter:
   <path> NUL <attribute> NUL <info> NUL

   <path> is the path of a file being queried, <attribute> is an
   attribute being queried, and <info> can be either:

   _unspecified_
       when the attribute is not defined for the path.

   _unset_
       when the attribute is defined as false.

   _set_
       when the attribute is defined as true.

   <value>
       when a value has been assigned to the attribute.

   Buffering happens as documented under the **GIT_FLUSH** option in
   [git(1)](../man1/git.1.html). The caller is responsible for avoiding deadlocks caused by
   overfilling an input buffer or reading from an empty output
   buffer.

EXAMPLES top

   In the examples, the following _.gitattributes_ file is used:

       *.java diff=java -crlf myAttr
       NoMyAttr.java !myAttr
       README caveat=unspecified

   •   Listing a single attribute:

       $ git check-attr diff org/example/MyClass.java
       org/example/MyClass.java: diff: java

   •   Listing multiple attributes for a file:

       $ git check-attr crlf diff myAttr -- org/example/MyClass.java
       org/example/MyClass.java: crlf: unset
       org/example/MyClass.java: diff: java
       org/example/MyClass.java: myAttr: set

   •   Listing all attributes for a file:

       $ git check-attr --all -- org/example/MyClass.java
       org/example/MyClass.java: diff: java
       org/example/MyClass.java: myAttr: set

   •   Listing an attribute for multiple files:

       $ git check-attr myAttr -- org/example/MyClass.java org/example/NoMyAttr.java
       org/example/MyClass.java: myAttr: set
       org/example/NoMyAttr.java: myAttr: unspecified

   •   Not all values are equally unambiguous:

       $ git check-attr caveat README
       README: caveat: unspecified

SEE ALSO top

   [gitattributes(5)](../man5/gitattributes.5.html).

GIT top

   Part of the [git(1)](../man1/git.1.html) suite

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